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Amazing conversation about #beavers on #scifri #sciencefriday
https://pca.st/episode/53992245-330e-41a7-9372-79b628e307fc

Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them

Beavers are having a moment, thanks to the new Pixar movie “Hoppers.” Amid some body-swapping shenanigans, the film is about humans coexisting with wildlife—particularly oversized rodents capable of…

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Teon Apr 10

🧪🧠📈 Happy #SciFri folks! Wanted to share out some work my team has been working on. Introducing TRIBE v2: a foundation model of the brain's responses to sight, sound & language. great work led by @[email protected]! Check out his post for more details! 🤩 #cogsci #neuro #compneuro #neuroai

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Dr Steven Allain Jul 11, 2025

I recently visited Lyme Regis with a number of friends for the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival and had a blast! You can find out more about what I got up to and my thoughts here: https://stevenallain.co.uk/Blog/scifri-lyme-regis-fossil-festival-2025/ Hopefully, I'll see you there next year! #SciFri #FossilFriday #Fossils #LymeRegis

#SciFri: Reflecting on the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2025

The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival was first held in 2005, and conceived by local enthusiasts alongside Dr Paul Davis of the Natural History Museum and the Lyme Regis Development Trust. Originally inte…

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SpaceHistory, etc Jun 21, 2025

@ottaross @mariellequinton Science Friday #SciFri is not an #NPR show. It is independently produced, and distributed by WNYC in New York. NPR dropped it maybe 25 years ago.

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Ross of Ottawa Jun 21, 2025

@mariellequinton An American equiv show I hear occasionally is #NPR's Science Friday (aka #SciFri ) which is in the process of a transition to the retirement-age Ira Flatow to a woman host (Flora Lichtman - I'm yet to remember her name without looking it up).

She seems to do well in the role. Probably better than Flatow who always sounds distracted when interviewing people.

Q&Q is the superior program though. Was glad to notice NPR carries it in some markets (eg. Northeastern US).